Loudon Wainwright III News Please note: All references to commercial web sites offering products for sale are provided solely as an informational aid in locating the products. The webmaster is not endorsing the reliability or service of the vendors. WFUV Benefit Concert This Thursday 12/13 NYC WFUV's 3rd Annual "Holiday Cheer for Fuv". December 13th - 8PM. Loudon Wainwright III, Dan Wilson, Madeleine Peyroux, and special guests Suzanne Vega and Odetta. The Concert Hall, 2 West 64th Street, NYC. Tickets available through Ticketmaster.com or 212-307-7171. [12-10-2007] Loudon on NPR's World Cafe November 13th!! Loudon will be on NPR's World Cafe with host David Dye on Tuesday, November 13th. The show will air @ 2:00 EST on WXPN 88.5 in the Philadelphia market. You can also listen at xpn.org or go to npr.org to find out what station in your town carries the World Cafe. Enjoy!! [10-29-2007] Loudon on the Knocked Up DVD!! In stores now, the Knocked up DVD contains performance footage and a 5 minute piece on scoring the movie. RATED SINGLE DISC - "You Can't Fail Me Now", "Passion Play" and "Strange Weirdos" from the 2/3/07 show at McCabe's. UNRATED SINGLE DISC - "You Can't Fail Me Now" from the 2/3/07 show at McCabe's. UNRATED DOUBLE DISC - "You Can't Fail Me Now", "Grey in LA" and "Daughter" from the 2/3/07 show at McCabe's. Unrated Double also contains a 5 minute piece on writing the music for the film, with footage of one of the scoring sessions! [10-05-2007] Concert Vault - 1978 Loudon show added!! April 7th, 1978 - Bottom Line, New York, NY. This entire concert is available to listen to at: http://concertvault.com/ConcertDetail.aspx?id=20051501%7C4253 [07-17-2007] "Strange Weirdos" review in THE NEW YORKER "Randy Newman once defined success as a songwriter as the absence of a big decline: it’s not that you have to get better as you get older so much as that you have to avoid getting worse. By that standard, Loudon Wainwright III is a huge success. . . " Read the rest of the article "Deadly Unserious" at: http://www.newyorker.com/ [07-02-2007] Loudon on KCRW!! Loudon appeared on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" June 29th. He was joined in the studio by Greg Leisz, David Piltch, Jay Bellerose, Patrick Warren, and Joe Henry. They performed songs off his new album Strange Weirdos, along with some of his older songs. Copy the link below to listen to the show!! http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb070629loudon_wainwright_ii [06-28-2007] Loudon on Conan O'Brien Tuesday May 22! Loudon returns to perform on NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on Tuesday, May 22, 2007. http://www.nbc.com/Schedule/ [05-18-2007] Loudon's new album, STRANGE WEIRDOS, available Tuesday May 22nd! Loudon's new album, Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up, will have a release date of May 22, 2007 (June 11 in Europe), by Concord Records. Co-written and co-produced by Loudon and Joe Henry. Among the musicians providing stellar support are guitarists Richard Thompson and Greg Leisz and keyboardists Patrick Warren and Van Dyke Parks. Track Listing: 1. Grey in L.A. 2. You Can't Fail Me Now 3. Daughter 4. Ypsilanti 5. So Much to Do 6. Valley Morning 7. X or Y 8. Final Frontier 9. Feel So Good 10. Lullaby 11. Naomi 12. Doin' the Math 13. Strange Weirdos 14. Passion Play [05-05-2007] Lucy Wainwright Roche to open for Loudon during his upcoming UK tour! Loudon's daughter will be his opening act when he crosses the pond in April. For info on Loudon's tour schedule, please check out his Itinerary. For more information about Lucy, please visit her MySpace page, and spread the love! Lucy's mom, Suzy Roche, is a member of the singing group The Roches. Be sure to check them out! [01-23-2007] Loudon Wainwright in Judd Apatow's new film Knocked Up in Theaters Now! In addition to acting in Judd Apatow's latest comedy Knocked Up, starring Seth Rogen (The 40 Year Old Virgin) and Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy), Loudon also contributed songs and composed the score with Joe Henry. Knocked Up will appear in theaters June 1, 2007. [01-23-2007] "This I Believe" on June 19 Loudon will read a short essay he wrote for National Public Radio's "This I Believe" segment of the Morning Edition program on Monday, June 19th, 2006. [06-08-2006] A Tribute to Spalding Gray Loudon will be a participant in Leftover Stories to Tell: A Tribute to Spalding Gray at the Freud Playhouse (UCLA, Los Angeles) from June 14-18, 2006. An obituary for Spalding Gray (March 2004) [04-03-2006] Loudon Wainwright Triple-Encore on XM Radio's The Loft Loudon Wainwright will be featured on XM Radio's, The Loft, with the re-broadcast of three of his in-studio Loft Sessions. The three shows, will re-air in succession on XM's popular Loft channel the week of February 20, 2006, on Monday at 12 noon & 9 pm, Thursday at 3 pm & 9 pm, and on Saturday at 6 pm, all times Eastern. [01-08-2006] View archives